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Opposing fracking cost one Colombian activist her mental health. She’s fighting to win it back.

Environmental Health News

In an interview, Morales Blanco, the daughter of a fisherman, details her fight to stop fracking in Puerto Wilches and nationwide, her struggles with mental health following years of persistent threats and violence, and the lack of recognition and institutional support available to environmental leaders. Our mindset changed.

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How Heat-Health Alerts contribute to keeping the vulnerable safe this summer

UK Health Security

This week’s higher temperatures have triggered a yellow Heat-Health Alert, issued for England by the Met Office and UKHSA. While some may question the necessity of such warnings, it's crucial to understand the significant health implications that accompany changes in temperature. Who is at risk and how does heat impact health?

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Frontiers Forum Live 2023: Accelerating and mobilizing open science for global challenges

Frontiers

This year’s Frontiers Forum Live brought top researchers, innovators, and influencers together in-person and virtually, united in a common mission to accelerate the global transition to open science and mobilize solutions for critical challenges – with the most urgent being to reach net-zero carbon to prevent climate disaster.

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Could cranberries help us prevent dementia? Check out 5 fascinating Frontiers articles you don’t want to miss

Frontiers

The famous proverb says that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but a recent study published to Frontiers in Nutrition has found that significant health benefits may come from eating a cup of cranberries a day. link] — Dr. Evan Griffith (@evfitzgriff) May 17, 2022. Very cool study. Article link: [link].

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Food behaviors changed a lot during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our study reveals what happened

Frontiers

ka Smutná, Barbora Duží, Meike Janssen, and Jan Vávra write about how our food behaviors have changed during Covid-19, and how those behaviors depend on where we live and who we are. Food awareness, whether meals were missed and other aspects of food anxiety, diet and health were also covered.

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Emerging solutions to the global increase in chronic kidney disease

Association of Health Care Journalists

This population, like many agricultural workers in hot climates, is at increased risk of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause. Unlike chronic kidney disease with known causes such as diabetes, which increases in prevalence with age, this type of kidney disease is seen in younger and middle-aged adults and sometimes even children.

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Global Warming and Disease

The Health Care Blog

The answer lies in the dead bodies of another 400,000 wild birds, mostly water fowl, involved in another 2,600 outbreaks in 2022. Climate change not only leads to northward shifts, but expanded species diversity, accompanied by shorter migratory routes. So far, the virus doesn’t seem to like humans much. and another in the U.S.)